Fresh German, Allied Forces Clash on Western Front
German and Russian reports note heavy fighting with both sides reinforcing for a supreme struggle on the western front. Paris says allies destroyed fifteen German machine guns near Labassee and a German heavy artillery battery near St Kifhiel. Germans shift troops from Belgium toward the front as Dutch rail reports show trains carrying wounded to Germany. East of the front, East Prussia and Galicia see continued close contact with Austrians claiming repulses of Russian attacks.
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SS Mihiel
Paris
Labassee
St.Kifhiel
Belgium
Germany
Fronts clash as Russians push and Germans defend
Dispatches describe heavy combat around Przemysl and along the Vistula and Dniester fronts with Russians reporting large prisoner output while Austrians and Germans fall back to entrenched lines. Paris reports German attacks repulsed along the front from La Bassée to the Argonne as allied forces hold key positions near Yser and Lille.
Captain Robert E. Lee Dies in Virginia at 97
Washington reports the death of Captain Robert E. Lee youngest son of General Robert E Lee at Upperville Virginia after long illness. He will be buried Friday in Lexington Virginia. Born October 17 1843 he served as captain of artillery on the staff of General W H F Lee during the Civil War and later farmed. He authored Reflections and Letters of General Robert Lee. He was married twice leaving two children.
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Washington
Robert E. Lee
Robert G. Lee
Upperville
Efe
Lexington
Lee
University of Virginia
Rockbridge
W. H. F. Lee
Lea
Misa
Hawaii
Tullet Carter
Robert Lee
Old Lee Mansion
Arlington National Cemetery
Peace in Mexico Still in Future
Washington reports from Oct 20 say Carranza and Villa remain in dispute over Mexico's leadership as Arroyo Caliente unrest and Villa's 18,000-strong force threaten the peace delegates. Carranza rejects convention sovereignty and moves family to Piedras Negras while delegates seek safety. Villa detains several peace delegates at Aguas Calientes.
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Washington
Carranza
Villa
Mexico
Vix
Aguas Calientes
Mexicco
Zapata
Francisco Villa
Yilla
Monterey
Saltillo
Mexico City
Hagle Pass
Texas
Venustiano Carranza
Piedras Negras
Rio Grande
Carranges
Goshwila
Huerta
Dt Io
Aguas Calleneg
Russians Take Many Prisoners In Ongoing Actions
An official general staff report dated October 15 states Russian troops remain in contact with the enemy at multiple points with fighting on the Zoura river Stry in Galicia and East Prussia. They report taking large numbers of prisoners including an entire Austrian battalion. In Vienna Austrian lines claim successful actions east of Chyrow and Praemysl with heavy fighting near Mzyniec and repulsed attacks along the Praemysl Medyka sector and near Stry and Sambor. Russian cavalry area to the west of Warsaw is noted.
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Euns
Vistula
San
Dneister
Warsaw
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Nish
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Paris
la Hassee
Warras
Albert
Vauduois
Argonne
Morse
Champion
French War Office
Belgium
Lne
Yver
Ypres
Lille
Armentistes
Fournes
la Basses
Meuse
Russia
East Prussia
Przemysl
Berlin
Hague
London
Nieuport
Ttla
Yser
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Conra Heucemann
Reichstag
West Front
Mali
France
Ostend
Straits of Dover
Dousl
Pas de Calais
North de Partment
Alsace
Brussels
Antwerp
Bruges
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Gusimire
Parla
War Office
Strassburg
Institute of Trance
Germany
Berne
Switzersand
Petrograd
Oetobar
Zoura
Stry
Garcia
Priemysi
Amsterdam
Cvin
Vienna
Baya
Chyrow
Praemyal
Galicia
Mizyniec
Mixyniec
Medyka
Sambor
Stica
Jarosiau
Russlan
Poland
Labor men repudiate editor of the Gleaner in Waycross
Delegates from nearly every Waycross local union at a Trades and Labor assembly meeting elected S Clark Houck Jr as recording secretary to fill J B Farley’s unseated vacancy. The assembly adopted a resolution declaring the editor of their official organ The Gleaner unsatisfactory and abolished the position. George Nungater was elected official reporter.
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Wayccross
Waycross
Trades and Labor Assembly
S Clark Houck, Jr
J. B. Farley
Gleaner
George Nungater
Be A Pantry Pirate Once More
A historical ad copy touts Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for appetite loss and indigestion. It claims the tablets mix with food to aid digestion, revive appetite, and restore normal digestion, urging readers to buy from druggists or request a free trial from F. A. Stuart Co.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshal
Mach
Government Aims to Split United States Steel Trust
Philadelphia October 20. Government lawyers begin a suit to break up United States Steel into independent units under anti trust laws. Argues the giant combines stifle competition. cites history from pools to the 1901 merger led by Morgan Carnegie Moore Gates and Rockefeller. Dickinson leads the presentation detailing capital, alleged water, and the Tennessee Coal Iron deal during 1907.
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Philadelphia
United States Steel Corporation
United States Court For
District of New Jersey
Tacos M Dickinson
Department of Justice
Federal
Mureau
Dickinson
American Industrioa
Steed Corporation
J. P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
W. HL & 4. Moore
John Gates
Joan D. Rockefeller
Steel Corporation
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railrond Company
Roosevelt
Tennessee
New York
Steal Corporation
Washington
Richard V. Lindabury
Newark
N. J
Tomodrrow
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